2000 Plymouth State Athletic Hall of Fame

DEB BICHE ('92): One of the top players in the
successful history of PSC women's soccer, Deb Biche was a standout
for the Panthers from 1988-91, participating in four NCAA
Tournaments and helping PSC to a combined 62-10-1 record. Playing
her first two years under coach Phil Rowe and her last two years
under coach Nancy Feldman, Biche helped PSC to NCAA Final Four
appearances in 1989 and 1991. She was the Little East Conference
Player of the Year in 1990 and 1991, the first two seasons of the
conference. Biche earned First Team All-America honors as a senior
in 1991, and was named New Hampshire's NCAA Woman of the Year in
1992.

Biche has been involved in coaching women's soccer since her
university days, when she coached Youth Soccer in her native
Waterville, Maine. She was the head soccer coach at St. Joseph's
University in Standish, Maine, for three seasons from 1993-95,
finishing as conference runner-up twice and earning Coach of the
Year honors in 1994. Biche was assistant soccer coach at Davidson
University in Davidson, N.C., from 1996-98, and has been the head
coach at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., since 1998,
guiding the 1999 squad to the finals of the ECAC Tournament. She
has a two-year coaching mark at St. Lawrence of 25-18-1, giving her
a career collegiate coaching record of 58-35-3 in five seasons.

PAUL HARTMAN: PSC's Chairman of Physical
Education and Director of Athletics from 1967-72, Paul Hartman went
on to a lengthy career in Athletic Administration. An All-American
lacrosse player and one of the last three-sport athletes at Ohio
State University, Hartman received three degrees from OSU (BS '57,
MS '58, PhD '63). He began his career teaching and coaching
lacrosse at his alma mater from 1959-66. After Hartman arrived at
PSC, many new athletic facilities were constructed and the program
grew from seven to 18 sports, with Hartman coaching several of
them, including cross country, skiing, track, and of course,
lacrosse. That sport took off under Hartman, producing an
All-American and 13 All-New England players, and he was recognized
by twice being selected to coach in the prestigious lacrosse
North-South All-Star game.

Hartman departed PSC in 1972, spending four years (‘72-76)
at Florida International, seven years (‘76-83) at
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and 11 years (‘83-94) as athletic
director at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. A 2000 inductee
into the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame and 1998 inductee in the
Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame, he was the 1974 Man of the Year by the
U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Hartman is retired and
living in Damariscotta, Maine.

MATT JOZOKOS ('92): One of the most prolific
quarterbacks in New England small university football history, Matt
Jozokos re-wrote the record books in his tenure running the Panther
offense. A four-year starting QB from 1987-90 under coach Lou
Desloges, Jozokos was a four-time All-New England Football
Conference selection and Two-time All-American. He led PSC to New
England Football Conference Championships three times in four years
and berths in the ECAC North Championship games ('87, '88, and
'90).

Jozokos led PSC to a 36-6 record in his four years, including
one of the biggest wins in school history, a 13-12 decision at
Ithaca in the 1987 ECAC North Championship. He was a Pizza Hut
Third Team All-America in 1988 and Pizza Hut Honorable Mention
All-America in 1989. He still holds 12 Panther school passing
records, including single-game, single-season and career marks for
passes attempted, passes completed, yards passing and touchdown
passes. He is the holder of eight individual New England Division
III records that still stand, including career passing yards
(7,814), career passes attempted (1,044) and completed (539), and
TD passes in a season (29) and career (96).

BOB ROYCE ('71): A former four-year member of
the PSC Baseball team, Bob Royce has enjoyed a success career in
high school athletic administration in the Granite State. Royce was
a pitcher for two years and an outfielder for two years at PSC,
serving as captain his senior year as well as organizing an
intramural program as an undergraduate.

After receiving a Master's Degree in Athletic Administration
from Ohio State University, Royce spent one year as Athletic
Director at Salem High School before assuming his current position
as A.D. at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Under his direction,
Pinkerton has grown from 15 to 28 sports, from 32 to 55 teams, and
from 600 to 1400 student-athletes. The athletic facilities have
become some of the best in the state, hosting numerous NHIAA and
New England Championship events.

Royce has been involved with numerous committees, including
stints as President and Executive Board member of Athletic
Directors Associations. He is a former Chair of the NHIAA
Volleyball and Lacrosse Committees, and has been Director of many
NHIAA Tournament events in nearly a dozen different sports. Royce
has received numerous awards from the NHIAA and the NHADA, and is a
three-time recipient of the Athletic Director of the Year Award.

1983 PSC MEN'S SOCCER TEAM: PSC made 12
appearances in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Gerd Lutter in
the 15 years from 1975 to 1989, but the 1983 team was likely the
finest the Panthers had to offer. Ranked second in the nation and
tops in New England in Division III, some thought PSC might be the
best team in New England, including stronger than top-ranked
Division I UConn and Division II Southern Connecticut.

After dropping the opening game of the season, PSC put together
a 17-game unbeaten regular season to go into the NCAA Tournament
with a 14-1-3 record. The Panthers captured the New England
Championship with NCAA victories over Brandeis and Babson, coming
from two goals down in the title game to pull out a 3-2 win against
Babson. The Panthers upended Union University in the NCAA national
quarterfinals, but dreams of a national championship were dashed in
the semi-finals by top-ranked and defending champion North
Carolina-Greensboro, 1-0, a battle that went scoreless for 110
minutes before penalty kicks decided the outcome (4-3, UNCG). The
outcome stopped PSC's 20-game unbeaten streak and gave the Panthers
a final record of 17-2-3.

Offensive leader Steve Clark enjoyed a terrific season with 24
goals, and finished a remarkable second in the voting for soccer's
Hermann Award, presented to the most outstanding university soccer
player in the U.S. (equivalent to football's Heisman Trophy). A
four-time All-America and two-year tri-captain, Clark became just
the second PSC player selected to play in the Senior Bowl in Las
Vegas. All-America honors were also earned in 1983 by Gaspar
D'Alexis and Mike Farrugia (tri-captain), and other key members of
the 1983 Panther squad include All-New England selection Chris
Rasmussen (tri-captain), who tied the school record with 14
shutouts, and a senior class that included Clark, Rasmussen, Doug
Karwoski, Devon Parchment and Jeff Rocke.